Will a Trial of the War Criminals Aftermath of Unconditional Surrender
Eloquent column argues that Allied powers promised postwar trials for Axis leaders. It traces Versailles failures, Kaiser Wilhelm, Hindenburg, and the 1920 list, noting how justice waned as Germany shifted toward dictatorship. It Blend warns that Hitler may seek exile, with Napoleon’s fate offered as grim precedent.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Joseph Stal
Chiang Kai-shek
Poland
France
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Greece
Czecho-Slovakia
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Kaiser Wilhelm
Livd Gearge
Allied
Helenzolleen
Netherlands
Leiperg
von Hindenburg
Republic of Germany
Adolf Schickelgruber
Schickelgruber
Germany
Sweden
Switzerland
Portugal
Spain
Daring 1910s Kidnap Plot Aimed at the Kaiser
Eight American soldiers from Tennessee attempted to kidnap the Kaiser in exile at Ammerangen Holland. Disguised as investigators they gained entry to Count von Beichniks castle asking for an interview. The plan nearly succeeded but led to a Dutch investigation and a mild reprimand for the men. The group included Col Luke Lea of Nashville and Capt Thomas Henderson Franklin among others.
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Itermann
Tennessee
Ammerangen
Holland
Pais
Count von Beatnichk
Lacy
Luke Lea
Nashville
Jater
South
Thomas P. Henderson
Franklin
Leland
MacPhail
Ellsworth Brown
Chattanooga
Dan Reilly
Owen Tolinson
Egbert Halle
Corp
Marmaduke Clokey
Knoxville
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Russia
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Monroe
Republican Party
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Talia
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Fleck
USMC
Center
FBI
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Ieff
Ernest Frederick Seimitz
U.S
Jnge Maryin Jones
James Byrnes
8. Whaley
United States Court of Claims
Ralph Johnson
Seret
D. D. Gilbert